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A individual accused with stalking Kate McCann reportedly deposited her a voicemail message which posed: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who court testimony revealed has repeatedly asserted she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges indicted with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the court heard phone records and information retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a biological test during that period.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is one of the most widely reported missing child cases and is still unsolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

One phone message, played in court, documented Ms Wandelt saying: "I know I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine used to be, but I feel what I know."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording stated: "What if there is a slight possibility that I am Madeleine? What then? Wouldn't that be crucial for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a living here in Poland, I just want to understand," she added.

The jury was informed that through electronic messages, text messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a DNA test, sent childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and stated to have "recollections" from a youth with the McCanns.

The investigator, a data specialist with the police force who collated the data, told the court there "didn't appear to be any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally contacted close associates of the McCanns, as per the call data.

On October 9th, 2024, Gerry McCann answered a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "incorrect contact information."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt recorded a recording on Mrs McCann's recording declaring "I won't give up and I intend to demonstrate my position."

The court learned the co-defendant developed a relationship via internet with Ms Wandelt prior to accompanying her on a visit to the McCanns' property in that area in December 2024.

Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had communicated via messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the press had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the months before the appearance to the village, the county, in last December.

The court learned message exchanges between the two individuals, in last November, discussing attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her trash or from cutlery at a restaurant.

"We have to make a stand," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.

On the night of the trip to their home, Mrs Spragg sent a text which said: "We find ourselves sitting outside the McCanns' home with our vehicle dark like detectives. I had hoped to accomplish this with another person I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings proceeds.